I cry out in despairing disbelief, on behalf of all of Generation X.
But do check out the video. It was pretty revolutionary at the time, and is still a glorious example of the fun wackiness that is stop-motion animation.
I really think the description of the quiz is incorrect. The imperative verb does not form a request rather than give a command. The interrogative form is the request.
The only time it can really be interpreted as a request is when adding please to the sentence, but even then it's really just a polite command. keithflow is right. I'm not sure why someone would choose the most subtle and misleading part of the definition as your explanation and not even include that it is a command form of the verb.
Even so, joez is not incorrect. The description is accurate enough. If you google 'imperative mood' it almost unerringly states a version of the following:
"The imperative mood (often referred to simply as a command) is used to express demands, instructions or requests".
No please required.
The interrogative form (or mood) is a question (which usually requires an answer) rather than a request.
But do check out the video. It was pretty revolutionary at the time, and is still a glorious example of the fun wackiness that is stop-motion animation.
"The imperative mood (often referred to simply as a command) is used to express demands, instructions or requests".
No please required.
The interrogative form (or mood) is a question (which usually requires an answer) rather than a request.